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Using Home Assistant, adguard home and an $8 smart outlet to avoid brain rot

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370 points remuskaos | 9 comments | 22 Jun 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source | bottom
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userbinator ◴[22 Jun 25 22:04 UTC] No.44350685[source]▶
Distracting yourself from distractions by building an overly complex system to help you do that, and writing an article about it, is certainly a very HN-ish thing to do.
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1. cainxinth ◴[23 Jun 25 00:33 UTC] No.44351441[source]▶
We want technological solutions to problems created by technology, and structured approaches to recovering from over-structuring our lives.
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2. AdieuToLogic ◴[23 Jun 25 02:06 UTC] No.44351906[source]▶
There is a word for those who believe they cannot live without something, go to whatever means necessary in order to obtain it, even knowing it is harmful, only to find what was once thought an escape is now a prison.
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3. BrenBarn ◴[23 Jun 25 04:02 UTC] No.44352354[source]▶
More flour more water. More water more flour.
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4. arcanemachiner ◴[23 Jun 25 04:50 UTC] No.44352542[source]▶
Ted Kaczynski would be proud.
5. remuskaos ◴[23 Jun 25 05:28 UTC] No.44352685[source]▶
We prefer the term 'addict', thank you very much.
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6. fud101 ◴[23 Jun 25 07:08 UTC] No.44353211[source]▶
More sugar, more salt.
7. xattt ◴[23 Jun 25 11:41 UTC] No.44354711{3}[source]▶
Is there a difference between addiction and compulsion?
8. lm28469 ◴[23 Jun 25 12:54 UTC] No.44355326[source]▶
Hey that's what we do with climate change too! Just one more lanes guys, it's going to solve everything I promise
9. AdieuToLogic ◴[24 Jun 25 00:56 UTC] No.44361825{3}[source]▶
> We prefer the term 'addict', thank you very much.

It would appear my innuendo was appropriately stated then.